Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome is a rare anomaly in women and is characterized by congenital aplasia of the uterus and vagina, with normal development of secondary sexual characteristics and a normal karyotype. We report a case of a 38-year-old women with MRKH syndrome that had experienced urethral sex for many years. She presented with urinary incontinence and dyspareunia. The ...

sudden acute pain in the back followed by a watery discharge from the vagina. The wound below the umbilicus was a sort of crater discharging offensive fluid in which pieces of the bones of a foetus could be seen. The pieces were removed by Major J. B. Vaidya, I.M.S., Civil Surgeon, Gorakhpur, and it was found that the lower end of this wound communicated with the vagina. Its walls were closed o...

BACKGROUND Rectovaginal fistula is uncommon after lower anterior resection for rectal cancer. The most leading cause of this complication is involvement of the posterior wall of the vagina into the staple line when firing the circular stapler. CASE PRESENTATION A 50-year-old women underwent resection for obstructed carcinoma of the sigmoid colon with Hartmann procedure. Four months later she ...

Transl Androl Urol, Vol 3, Suppl 1 September 2014 www.amepc.org/tau © Translational Andrology and Urology. All rights reserved. were divided into two groups: control (n=10) and bilateral ovariectomy (n=10). The expression and cellular localization of claudin-1, ZO-1, JAM-A, and occludin were determined in each group by immunohistochemistry and Western blot. Results: Immunolabeling of ZO-1 was m...

Testosterone when injected alone stimulates growth of the vagina but is inactive upon the other segments of the oviduct of the immature chicken. This action of testosterone can already be detected in embryos: it is expressed by the beginning of differentiation of the vaginal mesenchyme cells into smooth muscle cells. In the treated immature chicken, stimulation of growth is considerable and is ...

The simultaneous occurrence of Mobiluncus spp in the vagina and rectum was studied in women attending a sexually transmitted diseases (STD) department. Of 43 women with bacterial vaginosis (BV), 32 had Mobiluncus spp in the vagina and 23 in the rectum. In 20 women the same Mobiluncus species was found concomitantly in the vagina and the rectum. Mobiluncus spp were found in the rectum only in tw...